Reflections After “Illuminating Perspectives”

A conversation with film maker Sam Galloway | 4th May 2025

Illuminating Perspectives was our first public conversation, and in many ways, it gave voice to something we’ve both been feeling our way through in our work. Light became the throughline—not just as a technical element, but as a way of seeing, of witnessing, of breaking through what is otherwise unseen.

The nuances of light as colour and mood, as something that reveals and something that protects, increasingly fascinate me. Light as the first thing felt before any narrative begins. Light as what makes seeing possible—but also as something that changes how we feel about what we see and if over or under-exposed erases.

A recurring motif in both our practices is light—and the necessity of contrast. The tension between light and shadow, control and instinct, less versus more, is something we both return to again and again.

What stayed with me most after the talk was how the audience responded—not only to the ideas, but to the feeling behind them. One generous attendee shared moments when light, within art installation, became an immersive experience that lingered as did the conversation it evoked with his friend. That and what I saw recently being done with light, art and installations booth indoors and outdoors in Japan makes me think that we are only just beginning to explore what’s possible with light, art, and immersive audience experiences.

It reminded how much I love that art doesn’t need to explain itself to be understood. And that light, in all its forms, is often the most honest language we have.

Sam and I are now looking toward a deeper collaboration—one that I hope brings exploring coloured light interacting with art and forming dynamic installations. Alongside our documentary project that continues this conversation about visibility and the subtle, yet transformational, role of light.

I’m grateful for the space we created during the talk—for what was said, and for what was felt in the pauses between. There’s more to come, but for now, I’m holding onto the clarity this event offered—and the quiet certainty that light—gentle, fierce, and unspoken—will keep leading the way.